‘Kind-hearted, great kid’ died in a bicycle accident in NYC
OCEAN CITY – A memorial service for 2012 Ocean City High School graduate Carling Mott will be at noon Monday, Aug. 1, at Greate Bay Country Club in Somers Point, with calling hours from 10 a.m. until the time of service.
The daughter of James and Janice Mott of Ocean City, Carling was killed while riding a Citi Bike in Manhattan Tuesday morning, July 26, multiple media outlets reported.
According to the New York Daily News, citing police sources, Mott, 28, fell hile riding her Citi Bike on the Upper East Side.
The Daily News report said the driver of a Great Dane tractor-trailer was stopped at a red light on E. 85th St. at Madison Ave. just before 11 a.m. Tuesday and when the light turned green, he continued west and Mott, heading in the same direction, fell off her bike beneath the truck.
Mott, who was about a half a mile from her home in New York City, was rushed to New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center but could not be saved, according to the Daily News.
The driver was not charged and police are investigating the incident.
She was a production manager at Nickelodeon who studied television, radio and film at Syracuse University, graduating in 2016 from the university’s Newhouse School.
Fellow OCHS graduate Leah Canderan noted “just how great a friend she was. She would do anything for her friends at the drop of a hat. She was selfless and a wonderful friend.”
“This certainly hits hard,” said Samantha DiMatteo, the OCHS girls tennis coach. “Carling was on my team in my first year coaching.” She said Mott helped shape her early memories about Red Raider tennis and her views as a coach.
“The first thing that comes to mind was how helpful she was,” DiMatteo said, calling her an important part of the program who “was always willing to do anything for anybody. She was the first to volunteer, the first to help the other girls.
“She was a really kind, sweet, happy, smiling girl,” DiMatteo said. “It’s really devastating.”
The coach noted how her mother, also a tennis player, was proud of her and that tennis was a family activity. Mott has come a long way as an athlete.
Mott also excelled at lacrosse and competitive sailing.
Her latest post on Facebook, on July 22, was a fundraiser.
She wrote to friends and family saying she would be running in the Chicago marathon in support of the American Cancer Society.
In a June 1 post, Mott had a picture of herself running the TCS New York City Marathon with the caption, “Never could have imagined where running has taken me.”
“My heart breaks for the family,” DiMatteo said. “Carling was kindhearted, hardworking, a good student, just a great kid. Not a bad bone in her body.”
Cody Barr, who graduated from OCHS a year before Mott and worked with her on the Morning Wave, the in-school TV program, said she “was probably the most joyous person I’ve ever met. A real love for everyone she met and hobby she had.”
Barr, who lives in the same area of New York City, went over and placed flowers near the scene of the accident.
In addition to her parents, survivors include her grandmother, (Mimi) Georgia Miller of Somers Point, best friend and love of her life Nick Ross of New York City, aunts, uncles and cousins. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the NJ Osprey Project at Conservewildlifenj.org, 2 Preservation PI, Princeton, NJ, 08540. Condolences may be left at godfreyfuneralhome.com.
– By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff
My heart goes out to the Mott family. I’m sorry for your loss. What a great funny person. I can remember her on Disney trips and dance like it was yesterday. RIP 4×4 you’ll be missed by many and all.